Memorial Slideshow and Video...

A link to the Memorial Slideshow of my mom (10:29)...



And a link to the video from the service (4:52). It's priceless to see and hear her laugh at the end. Hopefully soon I will have the Eulogy readings too.

Tina Rivera memorial video from April Hayes on Vimeo.

Obituary...

Ernestine “Tina” Rivera, 67, passed away February 26, 2011 in Denver, CO.

She was born on November 18, 1943 in Pueblo, CO where she attended East High School and was a Psychiatric Technician at the Colorado State Hospital, later becoming a Social Worker for the War on Poverty at the Salt Creek Service Center. She married Joe Rivera on February 28, 1970. Tina attended the University of Southern Colorado where she earned a Bachelors degree in Accounting. She worked at Pueblo County Legal Services for a short time as an accountant before moving with her family to Denver in 1985 to work as an auditor for the US Department of Commerce, OIG.

Tina had an early disability retirement which allowed her to do things that were important to her; spending time with her family, attending grandchildren’s sporting events and programs, and contributing time to her granddaughters’ human rights case, Jessica Gonzales vs The United States. She enjoyed writing, reading, doing research on her Native American background and completing projects around her house.

She will be greatly missed by her husband, Joe Rivera; children, Jessica (Bobby) Lenahan, Joe Jr (Denise) Rivera, Tomasita “Tommy” Rivera, Mario (Karen) Rivera and Mondo (Kelly) Rivera; grandchildren, Jessie, Alejandro, Adrian, Aubreyana, Darren, Mateo and Sophia; great-grandchildren, Josiah, Jazmariah and Jayda. Preceded in death by her parents, Fidel and Andrea Gomez; grandchildren, Rebecca, Katheryn and Leslie.

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